Re: [stella] Qb, 2600, PC, adios

Manuel wrote...
> Uhm... that is the root of all that's evil, the Z-80, you're talking
> about? *shiver*
No, the Gameboy Advance uses a chip not entirely unlike the 6502. At least,
it's nothing like a Z80 :)
> Please tell me that I'm wrong here, but you didn't think you could've
> made a living out of 2600 coding? That's at least an impression I got.
No, I don't think I could make a living programming 2600 games. If I did,
I'd be rolling out 2600 games as fast as I could make 'em... coz its fun!
Let's say I sell 200 carts of Qb (which I doubt)... possibly $10 profit
each (maybe more, maybe less... depends on material costs). So, that would
be $2000. Development time: 2 months, give or take. $1000/month. Now take
out tax. Maybe $8K/year... if I write non-stop and manage to sell 200 carts
of each. Even if I doubled the number of games I wrote, the income would
be rather low. Not viable, I think.
Thanks to you, too, Manuel... for all your encouragement :)
Cheers
A
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